Word: aura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President's image has been tarnished not only by the whiff of scandal -to this day he has refused to respond to accusations that he received diamonds from former Central African Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa-but by the deterioration of the aura of technocratic competence that long marked his management of economic and foreign affairs. Unemployment has reached a new record of 1.6 million (6.9%), inflation is galloping along at an intractable 13.6%, and growth is virtually...
...against Boston College in the first opening round matchup at 8 p.m. The Eagles, behind Peggy Cameron's phenomenal goaltending, edged Harvard, 3-1 (the third being a last minute empty netter), in December. But Tuesday's contest will depend, not on previous scores, but intangibles associated with the aura of the Beanpot...
...special sound and lighting effects, put together by Stompin' Zemo, the local DJ, add a spectacular aura to the show and are more and more frequently employed towards the end. At one point, all the characters freeze while a very fast electric strobe flickers on the black and white stage, accompanied by an electronic whirring that increases in speed rhythmically with the light. The effect adds to the sense of impending doom and chaos that builds to a climax in the last scene during Faustus' magnificent final monologue...
With this aura of scholarly accomplishment hovering over it, why is it then that Wellesley women tend to be dismissed as slickly-packaged air heads by Harvard women, and pursued by Harvard men who often make the 12-mile busride to Wellesley to participate in brief one-night flings? A trip out to Wellesley and a weekend spent talking to and observing the undergraduates reveals surprising facts about life among the 2000 females ensconced out there, including a startling amount of unhappiness and bitterness...
...almost all these versions of the legend of the artificial man there clung the aura of evil. To create a living being was God's role; to imitate God was blasphemous, even diabolic, and thus doomed to disaster. Hence Frankenstein...